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The Yellow Oregon Grape Looks For The Positive In Life

A yellow Oregon Grape in my garden next to red Quince flowers

We've got a yellow flowering shrub, or bush in our garden that is full of colour this time of year. Yesterday someone was looking out into our garden and asked me what the flowers were called. I had no idea - I don't do Latin names and simply enjoy plants, rather than knowing much about them.

So here's the synchronicity or coincidence. I went over to Terri Patrick's Blog and what do I see? What looks to be the very same flowering bush and - being more knowledgeable than I - Terri has given a description: "Oregon Grape flower. Produces tiny blue berries, not for humans."

Photo from Terri Patrick's Blog

So now I know and was able to search Oregon Grape on Google. It's Latin name is Mahonia aquifolium, which I will immediately forget on principle. Interesting though was the plant was designated the USA Oregon state flower in 1899 and it's sometimes known as a holly-leaved barberry.

On the The Ananda Apothecary website I discovered that, "Through Oregon Grape the soul learns to break the basic pattern of mistrust. It realizes that it can look instead for the positive intentions of others, and create situations which generate good will and loving inclusion."

6 comments:

Oh my dear... you have the name of the plant I've been searching for... this is so strange. I know the Mahonia...but the Red Quince is the one I couldn't remember the name of. Thank you and now I'll have to write it in my yard log!

I'm really so thrilled. Can't wait to go to the nursery. Now that's a message too. Thanks Mike.

Thanks so much for the soul meaning! I never thought to research this plant as it is very hardy and prolific here. I use it for holiday decorations in my home.

I also loved seeing the Quince in your yard as we had one in my childhood home (in USA Cleveland, OH). My mom loved when it bloomed as the herald of spring, sometimes while there was still snow in the yard.

Here's another yellow flower sync,Jake Kotze has just uploaded 'Yellow FloWer' (as in flow-er,go with the flow)A synchromystic montage of a pattern featuring Star Kirsten Dunst and flowers, yellow in particular.

I started blogging about six years ago, my main blog now being 67 Not Out - the initial idea was to write about coincidences and synchronicity but I then moved on to other themes as well and currently write about things that interest me: the mysteries of life for example - what the heck is it all really about?